1May 16th - Due to a snap election in Turkey causing the dates of the event to be changed to September 28th-29th, Cloud9, FaZe Clan and SK Gaming withdraw. Virtus.pro are announced as one of the replacements. [2]

9August 9th - Cloud9 announces that STYKO will be playing for them until the end of September. [11] However, STYKO later announced on September 24th that he is out of Cloud9 and will not be attending the event. [12]